Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

published:28 Oct 2016

views:5653

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded ADO from "Amalgamated Drawing Office". The Longbridge plant was up to date, having been thoroughly modernised in 1951, and compared very favourably with Nuffield's 16 different and often old fashioned factories scattered over the English Midlands. Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell. The biggest-selling car, the Mini, was famously analysed by Ford Motor Company who concluded that BMC must be losing £30 on every one sold. The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings (BMH), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation
S062

published:14 Feb 2013

views:186630

An early 1980's video looking at the development of the Austin Metro and this video shows us its design stages, testing and also the new facilities in which it will be built at Longbridge.

published:30 Jan 2015

views:79112

taken from This Progress film showing body assembly of an Austin seven saloon, also painting. the sound quality isn't great but this film is 80 years old.

published:03 Dec 2015

views:8982

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
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published:11 Aug 2017

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Nuneaton
MS. Mr. Lord, Managing Director of Austin Motors speaking into microphone. LS. GV. testing ground, with tape across it. MS. Spectators. MS. Tape being burned in two. MS. Coach driving along. MS. Line of cars driving along. MS. Car driving towards along crowd-lined testing road. MS. Crowd watching. MS. Shows of various types of Austin cars driving along road. (3 shots) MS. Group of people watching as cars pass. LS. Car driving along. MS. Bus driving along (2 shots) CU. Wheel of bus revolving. As it passes whole of vehicle comes into picture. LS. Racing cars passing (3 shots) CU. Driver at wheel of racing car. CU. Shot taken looking down on front wheel LS. Travel shot as car moves along test road. CU. Shot taken looking down on front wheel. CU. Driver at wheel of racing car.
(Mute. Orig. Neg.)
FILM ID:2489.08
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

published:13 Apr 2014

views:489

The British Motor Corporation (BMC) demonstrates how they tests their cars (Austin A50, Morris Minor, Morris Oxford) by racing them down the German Autobahn and stopping for a compulsory cup of tea in this remarkable footage from the 1950's. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction"
For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv
Explore Our OnlineChannel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & ClassicMovies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r
#BritishPathé #History #Cars #BMC #Auto #Autobahn #BritishCars
Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf
(FILM ID:2271.04)
Begins with the BMC logo and the subtitle: "AmazingProvingTrials for British Motor Corporation Engines."
Aerial shots of cars driving fast on a motorway. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction" states the narrator. BMC invite the viewer to observe how they test their cars.
Interior of an Austin A50. C/U of the steering wheel as a man drives on a German Autobahn. Normal family saloons will be driven for 20,000 miles at an average speed of over a mile a minute. Other cars being tested are seen from the driver's perspective (including a Morris Minor.) C/U of the front of the Austin as it travels along. C/U of front of Morris Minor. The Austin A35 is also seen. Various shots of the cars driving along the motorway. One of the cars pulls into a petrol station. The Morris Oxford is also under trial. Technical details about the compression ratios of the cars are given. Cars are reversed into parking spaces. This is perhaps more like a motorway service station than a mere petrol station. Driver gets out of Morris Minor and pours petrol into the tank trough a funnel. The other drivers fill up with petrol (not from the pumps - from their own cans.) C/U of one of the drivers checking his oil. Two of the drivers beckon another two into the service station for a cup of tea. Panning shot of the sign above the restaurant or cafe.
C/U of the speedometer. Driver toots his horn. C/U of the front wheel of one of the cars turning. More shots from inside the car and aerial shots of the cars. It begins to rain and the windscreen wipers are set in motion. C/U of one the drivers. Drivers pull into a petrol station.
Cars are filled with petrol, checks are made, drivers make notes. The cars move off again. More driving shots, narrator gives technical details. Special gauges are installed in each car to show oil and water temperature and axle and under bonnet temperature. C/U of the gauges.
Stuttgart, the cars pull in after 20,000 miles "every one of them is still going strong...destruction is still quite a long way off." Views of city streets from inside car. Cars pull into a garage where mechanics inspect their engines for wear and tear. The drivers propose that they try another 5,000 miles "to see if they can take that too". Various shots of mechanics performing tests and nice arty shot of the reflection of the garage in a shiny hubcap. C/U of two mechanics working under the bonnet of a Morris Minor.
C/U of bonnet of Morris being washed. M/S showing man with a hose rinsing the car. The cars pull out of the garage and drive off. They pass Stuttgart landmarks. C/U of instrument panel. The cars all manage the extra 5,000 with flying colours. More driving shots.
"Tests like these are not only a vindication of the designers' skill, but also one more example of the thoroughness with which the BMC test their cars before handing them over to the public. A thoroughness which inspires confidence."
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

published:13 Apr 2014

views:340765

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

History

1905–1918: Formation and development

While running the original Wolseley business, which had a highly cyclical sales pattern, Herbert Austin, searched for products with a steady demand. Starting in 1895, he built three cars in his free time. They were among Britain's first cars. The third car, a four-wheeler, was completed in 1899. By 1901 his fellow directors could not see future profit in motor vehicles and so with their blessing and the backing of the Vickers brothers Austin started a separate car manufacturing business still using the name Wolseley.

Pathé News

Pathé News was a producer of newsreels, cinemagazines, and documentaries from 1910 until 1970 in the United Kingdom. Its founder, Charles Pathé, was a pioneer of moving pictures in the silent era. The Pathé News archive is known today as British Pathé. Its collection of news film and movies is fully digitised and available online.

History

Its roots lie in 1896 Paris, France, when Société Pathé Frères was founded by Charles Pathé and his brothers, who pioneered the development of the moving image. Charles Pathé adopted the national emblem of France, the cockerel, as the trademark for his company. After the company, now called Compagnie Générale des Éstablissements Pathé Frère Pt'honographes & Cinématographes, invented the cinema newsreel with Pathé-Journal. French Pathé began its newsreel in 1908 and opened a newsreel office in Wardour Street, London in 1910.

The newsreels were shown in the cinema and were silent until 1928. At first they ran for about four minutes, and were issued biweekly. Even though during the early days the camera shots were taken from a stationary position, the Pathé newsreels captured events such as Franz Reichelt's fatal parachute jump from the Eiffel Tower, and suffragette Emily Davison's fatal injury by a racehorse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

Austin, Texas

Austin (i/ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔː-/) is the capital of the US state of Texas and the seat of TravisCounty. Located in Central Texas, Austin is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Texas. It is the fastest growing of the largest 50 US cities. Austin is also the second largest state capital in the United States, after Phoenix, Arizona. As of July 1, 2014, Austin had a population of 912,791 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate). The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1,943,299 as of July 1, 2014.

In the 1830s, pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. After Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar visited the area during a buffalo-hunting expedition between 1837 and 1838, he proposed that the republic's capital, then located in Houston, be relocated to the area situated on the north bank of the Colorado River near the present-day Congress Avenue Bridge. In 1839, the site was officially chosen as the republic's new capital (the republic's seventh and final location) and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas" and the republic's first secretary of state.

See also

The Backyardigans

The Backyardigans is a Canadian–American CGI-animated musical TV series created by Janice Burgess, It is a co-production of animation studio Nelvana and Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The series debuted on October 11, 2004 and ended on May 31, 2010; reruns of The Backyardigans continued to air on the Nickelodeon family of channels in the United States until 2015. The show airs on Treehouse TV in Canada. In 2015, the first season was included as part of Nickelodeon's Noggin app, a mobile application featuring episodes of older Nick Jr. programs.

The series was based upon a live-action pilot produced in 1998 titled Me and My Friends.

Plot

.270 British

The .270 British (or .270 Enfield) is an experimental intermediate rifle cartridge that was developed by the British at the same time as the .280 British as a potential successor to the .303 British cartridge. The rimless cartridge has a base diameter of 11.3mm (like the Russian 7.62×39mm) and a case length of 46mm. The bullet is a standard .270/.277 caliber bullet with a light 100 gr weight with a muzzle velocity of 840m/s (2,800ft/s). It was not good at long range, but its slender case had the potential to fire a heavier bullet at a relatively high velocity. It was optimized for shorter ranges, while the .280 favored long-range performance to try to meet U.S. requirements.

The cartridge was not adopted, the British initially focused development on the .280, then ultimately chose the NATO-standard 7.62×51mm cartridge.

References

Morris Minor

The Morris Minor is a British car that debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3million were manufactured between 1948 and 1972 in three series: the MM (1948), the Series II (1952) and finally the 1000 series (1956).

History

Alec Issigonis' concept was to combine the luxury and convenience of a good motor car at a price affordable by the working classes. The Minor was a roomy vehicle with superior cornering and handling characteristics. Internal politics inside BMC, the owner of Morris, may have led to the limited North American sales. The Minor prototype had been known as the Morris Mosquito. Manufactured mainly in Cowley, Oxfordshire, the Minor became Britain's first million seller, and was exported globally. Production continued in Birmingham, England until 1972 (for the commercial variants and estate only).

Full List of Austin Motor Company Models. Old Classic and Modern All Austin Motor Cars

Austin motor co, Longbridge a potted history

Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

5:07

A Look At The Vintage Austin A30 & A35 British Motor Cars

A Look At The Vintage Austin A30 & A35 British Motor Cars

A Look At The Vintage Austin A30 & A35 British Motor Cars

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

British Motor Corporation Story

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded ADO from "Amalgamated Drawing Office". The Longbridge plant was up to date, having been thoroughly modernised in 1951, and compared very favourably with Nuffield's 16 different and often old fashioned factories scattered over the English Midlands. Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell. The biggest-selling car, the Mini, was famously analysed by Ford Motor Company who concluded that BMC must be losing £30 on every one sold. The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings (BMH), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation
S062

29:18

Austin Morris Group - Metro Development

Austin Morris Group - Metro Development

Austin Morris Group - Metro Development

An early 1980's video looking at the development of the Austin Metro and this video shows us its design stages, testing and also the new facilities in which it will be built at Longbridge.

3:42

Austin Motor Company 1930s body building and painting

Austin Motor Company 1930s body building and painting

Austin Motor Company 1930s body building and painting

taken from This Progress film showing body assembly of an Austin seven saloon, also painting. the sound quality isn't great but this film is 80 years old.

6:28

He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
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Check out more videos from this event:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkekz7OLX4Q6W1LQuX6ggaH_K1tS9ycJu
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Watch more of our recent & related videos!:
— Taming the UnicornC5 Corvette - HOLY SH*T ITS FAST!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShIerPBues&t=25s
— This Kitchen is B*TCHIN!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaiZChX2FWg&t=35s
— CRAZYGarageBuilt Datsun - Turbo s2000 swap!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biPzXwGYQOI
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Nuneaton
MS. Mr. Lord, Managing Director of Austin Motors speaking into microphone. LS. GV. testing ground, with tape across it. MS. Spectators. MS. Tape being burned in two. MS. Coach driving along. MS. Line of cars driving along. MS. Car driving towards along crowd-lined testing road. MS. Crowd watching. MS. Shows of various types of Austin cars driving along road. (3 shots) MS. Group of people watching as cars pass. LS. Car driving along. MS. Bus driving along (2 shots) CU. Wheel of bus revolving. As it passes whole of vehicle comes into picture. LS. Racing cars passing (3 shots) CU. Driver at wheel of racing car. CU. Shot taken looking down on front wheel LS. Travel shot as car moves along test road. CU. Shot taken looking down on front wheel. CU. Driver at wheel of racing car.
(Mute. Orig. Neg.)
FILM ID:2489.08
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

9:12

British Car Trials on The Autobahn: Tests Such As These | British Pathé

British Car Trials on The Autobahn: Tests Such As These | British Pathé

British Car Trials on The Autobahn: Tests Such As These | British Pathé

The British Motor Corporation (BMC) demonstrates how they tests their cars (Austin A50, Morris Minor, Morris Oxford) by racing them down the German Autobahn and stopping for a compulsory cup of tea in this remarkable footage from the 1950's. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction"
For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv
Explore Our OnlineChannel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & ClassicMovies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r
#BritishPathé #History #Cars #BMC #Auto #Autobahn #BritishCars
Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf
(FILM ID:2271.04)
Begins with the BMC logo and the subtitle: "AmazingProvingTrials for British Motor Corporation Engines."
Aerial shots of cars driving fast on a motorway. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction" states the narrator. BMC invite the viewer to observe how they test their cars.
Interior of an Austin A50. C/U of the steering wheel as a man drives on a German Autobahn. Normal family saloons will be driven for 20,000 miles at an average speed of over a mile a minute. Other cars being tested are seen from the driver's perspective (including a Morris Minor.) C/U of the front of the Austin as it travels along. C/U of front of Morris Minor. The Austin A35 is also seen. Various shots of the cars driving along the motorway. One of the cars pulls into a petrol station. The Morris Oxford is also under trial. Technical details about the compression ratios of the cars are given. Cars are reversed into parking spaces. This is perhaps more like a motorway service station than a mere petrol station. Driver gets out of Morris Minor and pours petrol into the tank trough a funnel. The other drivers fill up with petrol (not from the pumps - from their own cans.) C/U of one of the drivers checking his oil. Two of the drivers beckon another two into the service station for a cup of tea. Panning shot of the sign above the restaurant or cafe.
C/U of the speedometer. Driver toots his horn. C/U of the front wheel of one of the cars turning. More shots from inside the car and aerial shots of the cars. It begins to rain and the windscreen wipers are set in motion. C/U of one the drivers. Drivers pull into a petrol station.
Cars are filled with petrol, checks are made, drivers make notes. The cars move off again. More driving shots, narrator gives technical details. Special gauges are installed in each car to show oil and water temperature and axle and under bonnet temperature. C/U of the gauges.
Stuttgart, the cars pull in after 20,000 miles "every one of them is still going strong...destruction is still quite a long way off." Views of city streets from inside car. Cars pull into a garage where mechanics inspect their engines for wear and tear. The drivers propose that they try another 5,000 miles "to see if they can take that too". Various shots of mechanics performing tests and nice arty shot of the reflection of the garage in a shiny hubcap. C/U of two mechanics working under the bonnet of a Morris Minor.
C/U of bonnet of Morris being washed. M/S showing man with a hose rinsing the car. The cars pull out of the garage and drive off. They pass Stuttgart landmarks. C/U of instrument panel. The cars all manage the extra 5,000 with flying colours. More driving shots.
"Tests like these are not only a vindication of the designers' skill, but also one more example of the thoroughness with which the BMC test their cars before handing them over to the public. A thoroughness which inspires confidence."
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

8:29

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the men were wearing waist coats. No health and safety in those days, I wonder how many of these guys were killed or maimed.

Full List of Austin Motor Company Models. Old Classic and Modern All Austin Motor Cars

Austin motor co, Longbridge a potted history

Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

published: 28 Oct 2016

A Look At The Vintage Austin A30 & A35 British Motor Cars

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

British Motor Corporation Story

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded...

published: 14 Feb 2013

Austin Morris Group - Metro Development

An early 1980's video looking at the development of the Austin Metro and this video shows us its design stages, testing and also the new facilities in which it will be built at Longbridge.

published: 30 Jan 2015

Austin Motor Company 1930s body building and painting

taken from This Progress film showing body assembly of an Austin seven saloon, also painting. the sound quality isn't great but this film is 80 years old.

published: 03 Dec 2015

He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
————————————————————————————————————
Check out more videos from this event:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkekz7OLX4Q6W1LQuX6ggaH_K1tS9ycJu
————————————————————————————————————
Watch more of our recent & related videos!:
— Taming the UnicornC5 Corvette - HOLY SH*T ITS FAST!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShIerPBues&t=25s
— This Kitchen is B*TCHIN!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaiZChX2FWg&t=35s
— CRAZYGarageBuilt Datsun - Turbo s2000 swap!: https://www.youtube.com/w...

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

published: 05 Dec 2015

moteur mini , motors , refaire , rebuild

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the men were wearing waist coats. No health and safety in those days, I wonder how many of these guys were killed or maimed.

Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

British Motor Corporation Story

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Aust...

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded ADO from "Amalgamated Drawing Office". The Longbridge plant was up to date, having been thoroughly modernised in 1951, and compared very favourably with Nuffield's 16 different and often old fashioned factories scattered over the English Midlands. Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell. The biggest-selling car, the Mini, was famously analysed by Ford Motor Company who concluded that BMC must be losing £30 on every one sold. The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings (BMH), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation
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BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded ADO from "Amalgamated Drawing Office". The Longbridge plant was up to date, having been thoroughly modernised in 1951, and compared very favourably with Nuffield's 16 different and often old fashioned factories scattered over the English Midlands. Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell. The biggest-selling car, the Mini, was famously analysed by Ford Motor Company who concluded that BMC must be losing £30 on every one sold. The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings (BMH), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation
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He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squ...

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
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This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
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The British Motor Corporation (BMC) demonstrates how they tests their cars (Austin A50, Morris Minor, Morris Oxford) by racing them down the German Autobahn and stopping for a compulsory cup of tea in this remarkable footage from the 1950's. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction"
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(FILM ID:2271.04)
Begins with the BMC logo and the subtitle: "AmazingProvingTrials for British Motor Corporation Engines."
Aerial shots of cars driving fast on a motorway. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction" states the narrator. BMC invite the viewer to observe how they test their cars.
Interior of an Austin A50. C/U of the steering wheel as a man drives on a German Autobahn. Normal family saloons will be driven for 20,000 miles at an average speed of over a mile a minute. Other cars being tested are seen from the driver's perspective (including a Morris Minor.) C/U of the front of the Austin as it travels along. C/U of front of Morris Minor. The Austin A35 is also seen. Various shots of the cars driving along the motorway. One of the cars pulls into a petrol station. The Morris Oxford is also under trial. Technical details about the compression ratios of the cars are given. Cars are reversed into parking spaces. This is perhaps more like a motorway service station than a mere petrol station. Driver gets out of Morris Minor and pours petrol into the tank trough a funnel. The other drivers fill up with petrol (not from the pumps - from their own cans.) C/U of one of the drivers checking his oil. Two of the drivers beckon another two into the service station for a cup of tea. Panning shot of the sign above the restaurant or cafe.
C/U of the speedometer. Driver toots his horn. C/U of the front wheel of one of the cars turning. More shots from inside the car and aerial shots of the cars. It begins to rain and the windscreen wipers are set in motion. C/U of one the drivers. Drivers pull into a petrol station.
Cars are filled with petrol, checks are made, drivers make notes. The cars move off again. More driving shots, narrator gives technical details. Special gauges are installed in each car to show oil and water temperature and axle and under bonnet temperature. C/U of the gauges.
Stuttgart, the cars pull in after 20,000 miles "every one of them is still going strong...destruction is still quite a long way off." Views of city streets from inside car. Cars pull into a garage where mechanics inspect their engines for wear and tear. The drivers propose that they try another 5,000 miles "to see if they can take that too". Various shots of mechanics performing tests and nice arty shot of the reflection of the garage in a shiny hubcap. C/U of two mechanics working under the bonnet of a Morris Minor.
C/U of bonnet of Morris being washed. M/S showing man with a hose rinsing the car. The cars pull out of the garage and drive off. They pass Stuttgart landmarks. C/U of instrument panel. The cars all manage the extra 5,000 with flying colours. More driving shots.
"Tests like these are not only a vindication of the designers' skill, but also one more example of the thoroughness with which the BMC test their cars before handing them over to the public. A thoroughness which inspires confidence."
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

The British Motor Corporation (BMC) demonstrates how they tests their cars (Austin A50, Morris Minor, Morris Oxford) by racing them down the German Autobahn and stopping for a compulsory cup of tea in this remarkable footage from the 1950's. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction"
For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv
Explore Our OnlineChannel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & ClassicMovies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r
#BritishPathé #History #Cars #BMC #Auto #Autobahn #BritishCars
Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf
(FILM ID:2271.04)
Begins with the BMC logo and the subtitle: "AmazingProvingTrials for British Motor Corporation Engines."
Aerial shots of cars driving fast on a motorway. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction" states the narrator. BMC invite the viewer to observe how they test their cars.
Interior of an Austin A50. C/U of the steering wheel as a man drives on a German Autobahn. Normal family saloons will be driven for 20,000 miles at an average speed of over a mile a minute. Other cars being tested are seen from the driver's perspective (including a Morris Minor.) C/U of the front of the Austin as it travels along. C/U of front of Morris Minor. The Austin A35 is also seen. Various shots of the cars driving along the motorway. One of the cars pulls into a petrol station. The Morris Oxford is also under trial. Technical details about the compression ratios of the cars are given. Cars are reversed into parking spaces. This is perhaps more like a motorway service station than a mere petrol station. Driver gets out of Morris Minor and pours petrol into the tank trough a funnel. The other drivers fill up with petrol (not from the pumps - from their own cans.) C/U of one of the drivers checking his oil. Two of the drivers beckon another two into the service station for a cup of tea. Panning shot of the sign above the restaurant or cafe.
C/U of the speedometer. Driver toots his horn. C/U of the front wheel of one of the cars turning. More shots from inside the car and aerial shots of the cars. It begins to rain and the windscreen wipers are set in motion. C/U of one the drivers. Drivers pull into a petrol station.
Cars are filled with petrol, checks are made, drivers make notes. The cars move off again. More driving shots, narrator gives technical details. Special gauges are installed in each car to show oil and water temperature and axle and under bonnet temperature. C/U of the gauges.
Stuttgart, the cars pull in after 20,000 miles "every one of them is still going strong...destruction is still quite a long way off." Views of city streets from inside car. Cars pull into a garage where mechanics inspect their engines for wear and tear. The drivers propose that they try another 5,000 miles "to see if they can take that too". Various shots of mechanics performing tests and nice arty shot of the reflection of the garage in a shiny hubcap. C/U of two mechanics working under the bonnet of a Morris Minor.
C/U of bonnet of Morris being washed. M/S showing man with a hose rinsing the car. The cars pull out of the garage and drive off. They pass Stuttgart landmarks. C/U of instrument panel. The cars all manage the extra 5,000 with flying colours. More driving shots.
"Tests like these are not only a vindication of the designers' skill, but also one more example of the thoroughness with which the BMC test their cars before handing them over to the public. A thoroughness which inspires confidence."
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but whe...

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the...

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the men were wearing waist coats. No health and safety in those days, I wonder how many of these guys were killed or maimed.

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the men were wearing waist coats. No health and safety in those days, I wonder how many of these guys were killed or maimed.

Austin motor co, Longbridge a potted history

Description...set to music Longbridge from the early years to the 1980s, I think just about every Austin/BMC/BL car is covered here. Taken as usual from VHS there are a lot of drop outs and spots especially at the beginning, the tape is worn, I was debating whether to upload this or not because of the poor quality but decided to do so now before the tape becomes unplayable.

A Look At The Vintage Austin A30 & A35 British Motor Cars

Eamonn O'Neal and Nicky Fox take a look at some vintage British motor cars - the Austin A30 and the Austin A35, courtesy of members of the Austin Owners Club. Nester Warrel takes Nicky on a ride in her vintage model talking about how she got it and why attracted her to this car in particular. Eamonn finds out what distinguishes the A35 from the earlier A30 model, and goes through some of the improvements that were made to the later model.

British Motor Corporation Story

BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39 percent of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey and Wolseley as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. The first chairman was Lord Nuffield (William Morris) but he was replaced in August 1952 by Austin'sLeonard Lord who continued in that role until his 65th birthday in 1961 but handing over, in theory at least, the managing director responsibilities to his deputy George Harriman in 1956.
BMC's headquarters were at the Austin plant at Longbridge, near Birmingham and Austin was the dominant partner in the group mainly because of the chairman. The use of Morris engine designs was dropped within 3 years and all new car designs were coded ADO from "Amalgamated Drawing Office". The Longbridge plant was up to date, having been thoroughly modernised in 1951, and compared very favourably with Nuffield's 16 different and often old fashioned factories scattered over the English Midlands. Austin's management systems however, especially cost control and marketing, were not as good as Nuffield's and as the market changed from a shortage of cars to competition this was to tell. The biggest-selling car, the Mini, was famously analysed by Ford Motor Company who concluded that BMC must be losing £30 on every one sold. The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings (BMH), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation
S062

He put a HAYABUSA Motor in his MINI - It’s SICK!

This lil’ Mini is so much fun! It’s only 1000lbs, which means the 250hp Hayabusa motor is MORE than enough to bust ass on the streets! It’s a bit of a tight squeeze for two adults, but we managed to take it out to see what it’s all about..and let’s just say it certainly earned its 1320video stamp of approval!
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Check out more videos from this event:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkekz7OLX4Q6W1LQuX6ggaH_K1tS9ycJu
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Watch more of our recent & related videos!:
— Taming the UnicornC5 Corvette - HOLY SH*T ITS FAST!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xShIerPBues&t=25s
— This Kitchen is B*TCHIN!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaiZChX2FWg&t=35s
— CRAZYGarageBuilt Datsun - Turbo s2000 swap!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biPzXwGYQOI
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British Car Trials on The Autobahn: Tests Such As These | British Pathé

The British Motor Corporation (BMC) demonstrates how they tests their cars (Austin A50, Morris Minor, Morris Oxford) by racing them down the German Autobahn and stopping for a compulsory cup of tea in this remarkable footage from the 1950's. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction"
For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv
Explore Our OnlineChannel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & ClassicMovies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r
#BritishPathé #History #Cars #BMC #Auto #Autobahn #BritishCars
Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf
(FILM ID:2271.04)
Begins with the BMC logo and the subtitle: "AmazingProvingTrials for British Motor Corporation Engines."
Aerial shots of cars driving fast on a motorway. "If you want to know how tough a car's engine is, one way to find out is to try flogging it to death, or in more technical terms, testing it to destruction" states the narrator. BMC invite the viewer to observe how they test their cars.
Interior of an Austin A50. C/U of the steering wheel as a man drives on a German Autobahn. Normal family saloons will be driven for 20,000 miles at an average speed of over a mile a minute. Other cars being tested are seen from the driver's perspective (including a Morris Minor.) C/U of the front of the Austin as it travels along. C/U of front of Morris Minor. The Austin A35 is also seen. Various shots of the cars driving along the motorway. One of the cars pulls into a petrol station. The Morris Oxford is also under trial. Technical details about the compression ratios of the cars are given. Cars are reversed into parking spaces. This is perhaps more like a motorway service station than a mere petrol station. Driver gets out of Morris Minor and pours petrol into the tank trough a funnel. The other drivers fill up with petrol (not from the pumps - from their own cans.) C/U of one of the drivers checking his oil. Two of the drivers beckon another two into the service station for a cup of tea. Panning shot of the sign above the restaurant or cafe.
C/U of the speedometer. Driver toots his horn. C/U of the front wheel of one of the cars turning. More shots from inside the car and aerial shots of the cars. It begins to rain and the windscreen wipers are set in motion. C/U of one the drivers. Drivers pull into a petrol station.
Cars are filled with petrol, checks are made, drivers make notes. The cars move off again. More driving shots, narrator gives technical details. Special gauges are installed in each car to show oil and water temperature and axle and under bonnet temperature. C/U of the gauges.
Stuttgart, the cars pull in after 20,000 miles "every one of them is still going strong...destruction is still quite a long way off." Views of city streets from inside car. Cars pull into a garage where mechanics inspect their engines for wear and tear. The drivers propose that they try another 5,000 miles "to see if they can take that too". Various shots of mechanics performing tests and nice arty shot of the reflection of the garage in a shiny hubcap. C/U of two mechanics working under the bonnet of a Morris Minor.
C/U of bonnet of Morris being washed. M/S showing man with a hose rinsing the car. The cars pull out of the garage and drive off. They pass Stuttgart landmarks. C/U of instrument panel. The cars all manage the extra 5,000 with flying colours. More driving shots.
"Tests like these are not only a vindication of the designers' skill, but also one more example of the thoroughness with which the BMC test their cars before handing them over to the public. A thoroughness which inspires confidence."
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies GaumontGraphic (1910-1932), Empire NewsBulletin (1926-1930), BritishParamount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

Austin Motor Company 1933 catalogue

Austin motor Company catalogue about 1933 1 think looking at the range of cars. £500 for an Austin 20 £125 for an Austin 7 sounds cheap by todays prices but when you consider the average wage was £3 per week and a semi detached house costs £600 it puts it all into perspective.

taken from This Progress film mid 1930s at the Austin works, note the men working with no protection, bare arms and molten steel flying every where, most of the men were wearing waist coats. No health and safety in those days, I wonder how many of these guys were killed or maimed.

History

1905–1918: Formation and development

While running the original Wolseley business, which had a highly cyclical sales pattern, Herbert Austin, searched for products with a steady demand. Starting in 1895, he built three cars in his free time. They were among Britain's first cars. The third car, a four-wheeler, was completed in 1899. By 1901 his fellow directors could not see future profit in motor vehicles and so with their blessing and the backing of the Vickers brothers Austin started a separate car manufacturing business still using the name Wolseley.